As is our custom in the Senior Breakfast group at Big Boy, talk drifted to the subject of the challenges of growing old. In a nutshell, we all have noticed the increase in the gravitational pull of the Earth on our bodies. Any time for any reason we choose to go to a lower level for anything, it’s getting harder to get back up.
One couple was talking about the challenge of their Grandson’s Kindergarten Open House for parents and grandparents. Have you been to a Kindergarten classroom recently? It appears the school system didn’t pay enough for good quality furniture and everything has shrunk over time!
Bean bag chairs present a special challenge for those of us fighting gravity. They don’t have any solid surface to grab to help us regain the “higher ground”. The couple in question had decided that maybe this year would be a good year to decline the privilege of sitting in their grandson’s favorite bean bag chair and opt to stand nearby and let him demonstrate how he used it in reading time. That was when I envisioned the perfect solution to the problem… a hoist!
Now, as I look at the drawing from a practical viewpoint, I realize my idea had one major flaw… no motor for the hoist! Gravity is increasing at such a rapid rate our power naps can’t create enough energy to overcome it!